Hero's Journey Campbell described the Hero's Journey by breaking the three-act story formula down into seventeen specific stages, each of which he explains in detail. The stages of the hero’s journey are as follows:
Act One: Departure 1. The Call to Adventure 2. Refusal of the Call 3. Supernatural Aid 4. The Crossing of the First Threshold 5. The Belly of the Whale
Act Two: Initiation 6. The Road of Trials 7. The Meeting with the Goddess 8. Woman as the Temptress 9. Atonement with the Father 10. Apotheosis 11. The Ultimate Boon
Act Three: Return 12. Refusal of the Return 13. The Magic Flight 14. Rescue from Without 15. The Crossing of the Return Threshold 16. Master of the Two Worlds 17. Freedom to Live
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Hero's Journey
Campbell described the Hero's Journey by breaking the three-act story formula down into seventeen specific stages, each of which he explains in detail. The stages of the hero’s journey are as follows:
Act One: Departure
1. The Call to Adventure
2. Refusal of the Call
3. Supernatural Aid
4. The Crossing of the First Threshold
5. The Belly of the Whale
Act Two: Initiation
6. The Road of Trials
7. The Meeting with the Goddess
8. Woman as the Temptress
9. Atonement with the Father
10. Apotheosis
11. The Ultimate Boon
Act Three: Return
12. Refusal of the Return
13. The Magic Flight
14. Rescue from Without
15. The Crossing of the Return Threshold
16. Master of the Two Worlds
17. Freedom to Live